Combination paintbrush and pail holder



May 11, 1943. H. J. DIETRICH COMBINATION PAINT BRUSH AND PAIL HOLDER 2Sheets-Sheet l Filed Dec. 30, 1941 May 11, 1943. H. J. DIETRICHCOMBINATION PAINT BRUSH AND PAIL HOLDER 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Dec. 30,1941 M I I H w Patented May 11, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICECOMBDIATION PAmTBRUSH AND PAIL HOLDER 3 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a combinationpaint brush and pail holder.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a combination paintbrush and paint holder, which may be constructed from wire or similarmaterial and will afford a convenient and practical means of supportinga paint brush and pail on the side of a rung ladder or the top of a stepladder.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the characterspecified, which is simple and economical in construction, and highlyefficient and durable in use.

With the foregoing and other objects in view that will appear as thenature of my invention is better understood, the same consists in thenovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of partsillustrated in the accompanying drawings and more particularly pointedout, in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which are for illustrative purposes onlyand are therefore not drawn to scale:

Figure 1 is a face view, illustrating the application of my invention toa rung ladder.

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section, taken on line 2-2 of Figure1.

Figure 3 is a detail perspective view of the combination paint brush andpail holder per se.

Figure 4 is an eievational view, showing how my invention is applied toa step ladder, and Figure 5 is a detail perspective view, showing moreparticularly how the fastening hooks of the device illustrated in Figure4 are engaged with the top rail of the step ladder.

Referring to the drawings for a more particular description of myinvention, and in which drawings like parts are designated by likereference characters throughout the several views, A designates a rungladder on which my combination paint brush and pail holder B may be hungor supported, C the paint brush and D the pail. It will be understoodthat the ladder, paint brush and pail may be of any ordinary orconventional type now on the market and constitute no part of my presentinvention.

My combination paint brush and pail holder is preferably constructed ofseveral pieces of wire, one of which is bent to form the upper circularloop I, adapted to receive and encircle the pail D, and another of whichis bent to form the central perpendicular U-shaped portion 2, whoseupper ends are soldered or otherwise secured, as at 3, to the circularloop I, and whose 1 of the device, is soldered or otherwise secured,

as at 9, to the circular loop I, while the upper end of the'inner sidebar III of said U-shaped member is also soldered, as at II, to the loopI, but extends somewhat above the latter and is bent to form a straightinwardly extending portion I2 terminating in a substantially U-shapedclip I3, adapted to encircle or embrace the adjacent rung I4 of theladder.

A fourth piece of wire is bent to form a lower smaller loop I5 whichrests on and is soldered to the cross bars 4 and 6. The loop I5 is notcompletely closed .and its spaced ends I8 are bent to form the invertedV-shaped clip II, which serves as the-brush holder. In practice, whenthe brush is not in use, it is inserted or positioned between theinverted V-shaped clip I I and the adjacent side members of theperpendicular U- shaped members 2 and I, respectively.

In the modified form of my invention illustrated in Figures 4 and 5 ofthe drawings, the device is provided with a pair of correspondinghorizontal laterally spaced arms I 8, terminating at their free ends inthe inwardly bent hooks I 9 adapted to hook over or engage the adjacentedge of the top rail 20 of a step ladder.

My device provides a convenient and practical means of supporting apaint brush and pail at one side rail of a rung ladder or from'the toprail of a step ladder.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings, itis thought that the construction, operation and advantages of myinvention will be readily understood, without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. A combination paint brush and pail holder, constructed from severalseparate pieces of wire fastened together, andcomprising an uppercircular loop, intersecting perpendicular U-shaped members disposed atright angles to each other and a lower smaller loop having spaced endsbent to form a substantially inverted V-shaped clip, forming the brushholder in combination with the adjacent side members of theperpendicular U-shaped members.

2. A combination paint brush and nail holder,

constructed from several separate pieces of wire fastened together, andcomprising an upper circular loop, intersecting perpendicular U-shapedmembers disposed at right angles to each other, and a lower smaller loophaving spaced ends bent to form a substantially inverted V-shaped clip,forming the brush holder, in combination with the adjacent side membersof the perpendicular U- shaped members the inner side bar of one oi! theperpendicular U shaped members extending above the upper circular loopand bent to form a clip adapted to encircle or embrace the rung of aladder.

3. A combination paint brush and pail holder,

1 their free ends with inwardly bent hooks adapted to hook over orengage the top rail of a step ladder.

HOWARD JOHN DIETRICH.

